Day: May 2, 2026

Inverness day 2

Friday morning we drove a few miles outside of Inverness to the Culloden Battlefield and Visitor Center.

What happened at Culloden is well described on the map they gave us at the visitor center:

“Jacobite supporters, seeking to restore the Stuart monarchy to the British thrones, gathered to fight the Duke of Cumberland’s government troops. It was the last pitched battle on British soil and, in less than an hour, around 1,600 men were slain – 1,500 of them Jacobites.”

I thought the visitor center was excellent. The battle was described from the perspectives of the government and the perspective of the Jacobites. The visitor center had a fascinating presentation about how the soldiers fought and were armed.
The blue flags showed where the Jacobite clans and soldiers were and the red flags showed where the government troops were.

From Culloden we went to a grocery store and bought food for lunch. Then we drove up the Ness River to Loch Ness and had a picnic.

Picnicking at Lochend Beach

When we got back to our hotel we played cards, then walked to Urquharts Restaurant for dinner.

Gayle and I each had steak pie and Duke and Roger each had seafood pie.
For desert we had banana pavlova.
Inverness Castle as we walking back to our hotel.